Jan 16, 2024 | Landscape Design, Video
This cold and rainy weather may keep us indoors, but it also provides an opportunity for reflection. Perhaps it is time to think about making changes to your landscape design. Imagine yourself outside in your yard last year. How did you use the space? How would you...
Dec 5, 2023 | Community, Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care, Landscape Design, Recommended Plants
Are you looking for a gift for a gardener in your life? Or perhaps it’s time to buy something for yourself. Gardening books can provide inspiration during the wet and dark days of winter. Here are ideas for a few books from local authors. Get the benefit of...
Apr 6, 2023 | Landscape Design, Recommended Plants
Many people are interested in raising food to feed their family. When we design landscapes for our clients, we like to include edible plants in both vegetable beds and ornamental beds. Many edible plants are also beautiful, making your garden both more attractive and...
Sep 16, 2022 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Landscape Design, Recommended Plants
Now that cooler weather has moved in, it’s a great time to think about adding new trees, shrubs and perennials to your landscape. Where do you have bare spaces? Where would you like to add more color or seasonal interest? Fall is also a good time to move plants...
Nov 10, 2021 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Landscape Design, Tree Care
This is a great time to look back at how your landscape performed this year. Take a stroll around your yard (between rainstorms). How does your landscape look after the growing season? Which plants grew well? Which ones struggled during the hot summer? What has...
Jan 28, 2021 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Landscape Design, Recommended Plants
On these cold, wet winter days, it’s nice to curl up with a good book. If you’d like to dream about having a fabulous landscape and garden this year, you may want to choose one of these books for your next read. Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month...
Oct 28, 2020 | Landscape Design
The weather is growing colder and wetter, and this year we are all spending more time at home. As a result, many people are thinking about creating a comfortable outdoor space where they can safely socialize with friends and family this fall and winter. This might be...
May 28, 2020 | Landscape Design, Video
Now that you’re spending more time at home, perhaps this is the year to make changes to your landscape. Our skilled landscape designers and professional installation crews can help you create a landscape that will bring you pleasure for many years to come. The first...
Jan 30, 2020 | Landscape Design
Do the gray, rainy days bring you down? Perhaps it’s time to dream about relaxing in your landscape next summer with a cool drink in your hand. Maybe your existing landscape doesn’t feel very relaxing. Maybe you spend too much time working in it and not...
Jun 27, 2019 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Landscape Design
At In Harmony, we design landscapes for social times as well as for solitude. We believe an important role of a landscape is to be a sanctuary or refuge. You may enjoy having a quiet place outside your home for meditation, healing or other purposes. Jessi...
May 30, 2019 | Landscape Design
Do you spend too much time maintaining your garden and not enough time enjoying it? At In Harmony, we believe in designing and installing landscapes that will look good over the long term without requiring a lot of maintenance. A sustainable landscape is a beautiful...
Mar 20, 2019 | Landscape Design, Lawn Care
The warm, sunny weather this week has made us think about spring and summer. It’s time to take a stroll around the landscape and see how your plants are doing as the growth season starts. How does your lawn look? Has moss invaded after the tough winter? Moss...
Dec 13, 2018 | Community, Landscape Design
The days are getting shorter and the nights longer. This year the winter solstice is on December 21. With sunrise at 7:54 am and sunset at 4:20 pm, there will be less than 8 hours and 26 minutes of daylight on that day. Many people bring cheer into dark nights by...
Jul 14, 2018 | Landscape Design, Nature
Your landscape can play a number of roles in your life. It can be a place where your family relaxes, where you entertain friends. Perhaps you have meals together or enjoy sitting around a fire. We believe a landscape can also be a sanctuary or refuge. You need a quiet...
May 10, 2018 | Landscape Design
“The sun breaks in like a door open wide, With the burst of sunlight, That lasting and warm, Bringing smiles back on peoples faces . . .” —Ellen Ni Bheachain As the poem says, spring sunshine makes people smile as we shake off the winter blues. And the sun...
